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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGS_102820_Accessibility Landscaping Bike Parking.pdfCITY OF CARMEL Accessibility for Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities Certification Registered Design Professionals who are the designer of record of any commercial, institutional, industrial or other building or structure that is required to be accessible by the State of Indiana in accordance with the Indiana Building Code Chapter 11: Accessibility must complete and seal this form. Permit Number: ______________________ Date: _______________________________ Name of Project: ________________________________________________________________ Address of Project: ______________________________________________________________ I __________________________________________, the Registered Design Professional of the (Name) above subject property have personally prepared the drawings and personally or my qualified representative, ________________________________________________________________, (Name of Qualified Representative) have/has performed a physical inspection at the above subject project and attest that all the requirements of the Indiana Building Code Chapter 11: Accessibility for Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities are code compliant. __________________________________________________________ Signature of Design Professional _______________________________ Date Seal 10/27/2020 10/27/2020 10/27/2020 DAVID BROZ JAMES GORSKI 10/27/2020 19070196 Unified Development Ordinance Article 5, Section 5.19 LS‐01: Commercial Landscaping Standards 1. Installation: All required landscaping approved as part of a Development Plan/ADLS plan shall be installed prior to the issuance of a full Certificate of Occupancy. When it is not possible to install the required landscaping because of weather conditions, the property owner may be issued a temporary Certificate of Occupancy for a period up to six (6) months or until the installation can be completed and the final landscape inspection passed, whichever is less. 2. Maintenance: It shall be the responsibility of the owners and their agents to insure proper maintenance of all trees, shrubbery and other landscaping approved as part of the Development Plan/ADLS Plans in accordance with the standards set by this sub‐section. This should consist of watering, fertilizing, proper mulching, clearing of debris and weeds, monitoring for pests and disease, mowing, pruning, the removal and timely replacement of dead, hazardous or dying plants, treating for disease or injury, or any other similar act(s) which promotes growth, health, beauty and the life of trees, shrubs, turf and other plants. a. Maintenance practices should follow the guidelines set by the American National Standard for Tree Care Operations, ANSI A300 (current edition). American National Standards Institute, Inc. b. Injury of Trees: Unless specifically authorized in writing by the Director of Community Services, no Person shall intentionally damage, cut, carve, transplant, remove, or attach any rope, wire, nails, staples, advertising posters, or other contrivance; allow any substance which is harmful to such trees to come in contact with them; or set fire or permit any heat to burn and injure any portion of any such tree. c. Topping of Trees: Topping [as defined herein] shall not be considered a reasonable maintenance practice. Topping is defined as the severe cutting back of limbs internodally to stubs larger than two inches in diameter within the tree’s crown to such a degree as to remove the natural canopy and disfigure the tree. Trees damaged by storms or other natural events, or trees under utility wires or other obstructions where proper pruning practices are impractical, may be exempted from the Unified Development Ordinance at the determination of the Director of Community Services. d. Shrubbery will be allowed to grow to a natural height of at least three (3) feet without hedging or significant pruning. Minor pruning of dead, dying, crossing or individual elongated limbs for shaping will be allowed. e. Irrigation systems shall not be installed in the city owned Right‐of‐Way without approval by the Board of Public Works. The City does not assume responsibility for any damage incurred to an unpermitted irrigation system that is caused by work being performed in these areas. 3. Changes After Approval: No landscaping which has been approved by the Plan Commission may later be substantially altered, eliminated or sacrificed without first obtaining further Plan Commission approval pursuant to ADLS review in Article 9: Processes and in accordance with the Plan Commission’s Rules of Procedure. However, Minor and Material Alterations in landscaping may be approved by the Director of Community Services in order to conform to specific site conditions, only when the alteration results in an improvement to the previously approved plan. A letter requesting approval of changes shall state the following: a. Letter shall be on company letterhead – preferably owner’s b. Name of the project, Plan Commission or Board of Zoning Appeals docket number and building permit number c. Count of plant material that will be substituted and the count of plant material that will be installed d. Species of plant material that will be substituted and the species of plant material that will be installed e. Location of substitutions or an attached revised Landscape Plan f. Quantity of plant material shall be equal or greater g. Quality of plant material shall be equal or better 4. Inspection: The Director of Community Services shall have the authority to visit any development to inspect the landscaping and check it against the approved plan on file.